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LANGUAGE 1

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Summary: Decline of Irish

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The charts mark the sharp decline of Irish speakers in the first half of the 19th century. The impact of the Famine was very significant because it hit hardest among the poor cottiers in the south and west who spoke only Irish.

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The decline of the Irish language

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